Jamie Valvano
Inspirational Speaker, Advocate, and Cancer Survivor
Under $25,000North Carolina
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Annie Duke
Author, Professional Speaker, Decision Strategist, Former Professional Poker Player
Over $70,000Pennsylvania
Rocky Bleier
From Wounded Soldier to NFL Hero
Under $25,000Pennsylvania
Sallie Krawcheck
Former Wall Street CEO and Citigroup CFO; Founder, Ellevest; Board Director, Duolingo; 2.6mm LinkedIn Followers; Bestselling Author
Contact WSB for FeesNew York
Justin Wren
Humanitarian; Author; MMA Fighter; Founder and CEO of Fight For The Forgotten
$25K - $40KTexas
Dominique Dawes
Three-time Olympian, Olympic Gold Medalist, and Founder, Dominique Dawes Academy
$25K - $40KFlorida
Andy Bernstein
Founder and CEO, Resilience Academy; Author, The Myth of Stress/Breaking the Stress Cycle
$25K - $40KNew York
Juliana Schroeder
Professor of Management of Organizations and Psychology, University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business; Director of the Psychology of Technology Institute and the Berkeley Experimental Social Science Laboratory
Under $25,000California
Greg Gadson
Soldier, Teammate and Leader
Under $25,000Virginia
Adam Sud
Nutrition, Addiction, and Behavior Change Expert
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Jake Haendel
Founder and CEO, Jake Haendel Productions; Creator and Producer of BLINK (Apple Podcasts Best of 2025); Keynote Speaker; Writer
Contact WSB for FeesMassachusetts
Susie Wolff
Managing Director, F1 Academy; Former Professional Racing Driver Turned Business Investor and Founder of Dare to Be Different; Former CEO & Managing Partner, Venturi Racing
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Connor Fields
Olympic Insights. Real-World Impact.
Contact WSB for FeesNevada
Jennifer Pastiloff
National Bestselling Author; Keynote Speaker; Disability Advocate; Visual Artist; Celebrated Yoga Teacher; Creator of the Shame Loss Movement
Contact WSB for FeesCalifornia
Chad Foster
Technology Executive; Entrepreneur; Blind Snow Skier
Under $25,000Georgia
Jay Shetty
Global Bestselling Author, Award-winning Podcast Host of 'On Purpose', Chief Purpose Officer of Calm, Founder of Perfect Strangers Media, Purpose-driven Entrepreneur, and Former Monk
Contact WSB for FeesCalifornia
Elizabeth Smart
Author; Speaker; Advocate; Survivor
Under $25,000Utah
Derek Daly
Formula 1 and Indy Driver, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Television Broadcaster, Professional Speaker
Contact WSB for FeesIndiana
Vladimir Kara-Murza
Russian Opposition Leader; Political Activist; Journalist; Author; Filmmaker; Former Political Prisoner
$25K - $40KVirginia
Christie Pearce Rampone
US Soccer Icon - 5x Women’s World Cup Player, 2x Women’s World Cup Winner, 4x US Olympian, 3x Gold Medalist
Under $25,000New Jersey
Tim Tebow
Nationally-Acclaimed Quarterback; Analyst for ESPN; Bestselling Author
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Jennifer Moss
Future Focused Workplace Expert, Award Winning Author, and Journalist
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Ashleigh Shelby Rosette
James L. Vincent Distinguished Professor of Leadership, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University
Contact WSB for FeesNorth Carolina
Garrett Reisman
NASA Astronaut, SpaceX Director of Space Operations, Professor at USC
$40K - $70KCalifornia
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